Ticket delivering and registering mechanism.



No. 879,217. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908. s. P. THRASHER. TICKET DELIVERINGAND REGISTERING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17. 1906. RENEWED SEPT. 17, 1907.

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No. 879,217. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908. S. P. THRASHER. TICKET DELIVERINGAND REGISTERING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.1'I'. 1906. RENEWED SEPT. 17. 1907.

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stood that there ma SAMUEL P. THItASHER, OF MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

TICKET DELIVERING AND REGISTERING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb/18, 1908.

Application filed September 17. 1906. Serial No 334.831. RenewedSeptember 17, 1907- Serial No. 3931327.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. TnnAsHEn, a citizen of the United StatesofAmerica, residing at Manchester, in the county of Hartford and Stateof Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements inTicket-Delivering and, Registering Mechanism, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in ticket delivering mechanism,and sales registering devices operated therefrom upon the delivery ofeach ticket. I

It has for its object to provide a construction that will deliver oneticket from a pile of tickets upon the operation of a suitable operatinghandle or lever, and at the sametime.

close an electric circuit through a numbering or registeri mechanism;said mechanism being prefera ly located at the central office or-elsewhere so. that the manager or other proper person may know how manytickets are being sold at, all times, it being underbe'several of thesemachines located in di erent rooms or at different ticket sellingpoints.

Broadly, the invention consists in mounting a suitable framework orticket cage,withcage is placed within the casi inwhich the tickets havepreviously been arranged one above the other at right angles to eacother within a cylindrical casing, said casing being adapted forrotation, whereby the tickets may e delivered upon the rotation of thesame. v

The casing above referred to is located within an outer cylindricalcasing that is pro vided with anti-frictional rollers for the purpose ofmaintaining the first mentioned cas- 1ng( in true and verticalalinement. The tie at cage is locked to the first mentioned casing bymeans of a bolt construction when the parts are assembled, so that alldanger of the tickets be' disturbed by any unauthor ized person, is oviated.

In the drawings forming a part of this applicatiom-F' ure 1 is a generaloutside View of the ticketelivering device. Fig. 2 is .a sectional viewon the line 2-2, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the ticketdelivering mechanism showing the bolt construction for locki the ticketcage to its operating casing. ig. 4 is a sectional-plan view upon theline 4*4 of Fig. afterthe loaded ticket and before the cage and easingare rotated into re isterposition. The tail lines represent t e positionof the tickets before rotation of the ticket cage, and the dotted linesthe position after rotation. F'g 5 is a sectional view on the same lineas Fig. 4 showing the cage and easing rotated to registering position sothat the operating handle can be inserted and also showing the contactdevice for closing the circuit that operates the registering device.Fig. 6 is a detailed view of the lower end of the cage and inclosingcasings showing the opening in the bottom of the same through which thetickets are delivered on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a top viewand side elevation respectively Qf.th6 circuit closing device. Fig. 8 isa detailed view of the looking weight that is located within the ticketcage'for holding the tickets closely together and for lockin themechanism against operation after the last ticket has been discharged.Fig. 9 is a detail-viewof the base plate with a rectangular openingtherein and slightly larger than the tickets through which the same passas they are delivered from the ticket cage.

Fig. 1 O is a key for rotating the ticket cage.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a desi natesthe series of arallelrods composing t 1e cage for holding t 1e tickets in alinement; the rodsbeing arranged as shown, in Figs. 4 and 5 so as to hold the tickets,which are oblong in shape, in crossed, overlap ing positions. The lowerends of the ro 's are secured to a plate or ring 6 (which hasacrossshaped o ening therein,) and to a plate or disk 0 at t eir upperends. The'bottom plate I) is arranged over a base-plate d whichhas anoblong or rectangular opening (1 therein'a trifle larger than thetickets 6, as shown in Fig. 9. The 0 ening in this plate is arranged soas to permit t e lowermost ticket to drop through the plate (1 dependingupon the position of the o crating handle, as described below. The p ateb which is located immediately below the plate I), has a cross-shaped oening therein, as shown by the dotted lines at'= 31 -11 Fig. 4. Theposition of this opening in the plate I) when the ticket cage isassembled, prevents the tickets from dropping down as the ends of thetickets c en age the intermediate projections b of the p ate 6, butafter the ticket cage and cylinder 7' are secured togethenby.

the handle 6, the ends v are in aiinement with the opening in the plateI).

The plate or ring 6 is rigidly secured to the casing-r at r so that thering 11 turns'with the casing r and on the base-piate d, as a bearing.When the tickets are placed within the cage,

I the bolt 9 for normally holding the bolt withthey stand in the crossedposition shown in Fig. 2 with the ends of the lowermost ticketoverlappin the discharge opening (1 in the baseate Mounted on top of theupper plate or disk 0 is a locking construction for holding the ticketcage within its casing r, and a metal stamping or other suitablematerial comprising a piece f through which the bolt 9 passes, the piecef being secured to the upper plate 0 by means of the screws or bolts L.Secured in top of the lplates c is a stud or pin 11. Integral with t ispin is a squared portion for receiving a socket key, (as shown in hig.10) for turning the cam k against the pin m that is located on the slideor bolt g for the urpose of withdrawing the bolt or slide 9 om partiallocking engagement with the catchiece n into the position shown at thedotte line a, Fig. 3.

0 designates a spring secured at one. end to a stud p and its free endengaging a pin Q on in the catch piece n. The operator, by means of thekey shown in Fig. 1.0, can partiallywithdrawtheboltgfromlockingengagement with the iece n and thus rotate the ticketcage Within the casing r from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that shownin Fig. 5, so' that the operating handle can be secured to the ticket cae. The inside of the casing r is provided wit a rack s on two of therods a as shown, for receiving the locking pawls t that are mounted onthe upper surface of the follower wei ht a. This weight is arranged onthe top 0 the pile of tickets 1), as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and isadapted to lock the ticket ca e against rotation when the last ticket isischar ed, as fully set forth below. The casin 1' is Treld in verticalposition by means of t e rollers 'w mounted on the upper ends of the sring-armsxwhich are carried. on the upper e ge of the outer cylinder Q]Which is bolted or otherwise secured to the base 2.

The base-plate d, referred to above, is provided with a communicatingoutlet or passageway 3 for receiving the tickets as they are dischargedfrom the ticket ca e a in the manner hereinafter described. ecured tothe lower portion of the ticket cage is a block 4 with a screw-threadedopening 5 therein. This block is adapted to receive the threaded end ofthe operating handle 6. 7 designates a casting secured to the casing rby means of the screws 8. The operating handle is passed throu thecasting 7 and screwed onto thebloc k 4 after the ticket cage has beenrotated by the key the osition shown in ig. 5. The handle 6, ass own inFi 1 3, and 5, can swing through an are 0 90 degrees, that is betweenthe shoulders 6 on the outer casing '31 for the pur ose of bringing thetickets n re ister wit the rectangular opening 11. in the aseplate d.'

shown in Fig. 10 to Secured to the lower end of the cylindrical casing1' is a pin 10 which operates a contact lever 10 that stands ina'vertical plane and is ada ted to wipe across the platinum contact pates 11, mounted on the spring-arms 12, with the piece'12 of insulationinserted between the arms '12 and lates 11. The contact lever 10 ismounts in the opening 10 of the base-plate, as shown in Fig. 9, forclosing an electrical circuit 11, through a registering or countingdevice 12. The contact lever 10 is pivoted to the base at 10. This reistering device is the ordinary counter, suc as used on machinery forrecording the number of revolutions made, and has no special novelty, itbeing understood that the counter mechanism .is operated by anelectrical magnet connected to the ordinary awl and ratchet mechanism.This registermg device is located at the main or central office, asnoted above, so that the proper person, as the superintendent ormanager, can see at any time the result of the sale.

/ Referring to Fig. 3, 13 designates a lock having the bolt 14 shownextended int'o the path of the bolt g. When the bolt 14 is in theposition shown, it is obvious that the bolt 9 cannot be drawn fartherback than the bolt 14 will permit. When the bolt g is retracted by meansof the key shown in Fig. 10, the inner ticket casing can be rotated soas to bring the parts 7 and 4 in registering position, as described.

The key shown in Fig. 10 is attached to some. part of the machine, as bya chain. The handle 6 can then be screwed into the block 4. In makingthis adjustment, the bolt 9 is retracted from .the recess shown at 15far enough to permit the same to travel under the overhanging lip of,thecasing n,

and at the end of the adjustment or registering position of the openingin the parts 7 a d 4, the bolt 9 snaps into the recess 16. Dd ring thistravel of the bolt g from the recess 15 to the recess 16, the ticketcage cannot be removed from the outer casin r by any unauthorizedperson, and the tie ets tampered with, since the bolt 9 is still beneaththe overhanging part of the casing n.

In order to remove the ticket casing, the proper person, (as thesuperintendent or manager) who-retains the key for the lock 13,withdraws the bolt 14 so that the use of the key shown in Fig. 10 will.ermit the bolt 9 to be drawn back clear of t e casing n. It is thereforeseen that only. the proprietor or manager has access to the tickets.

17 designates a vertical passa eway in the outer supporting casing y.his vertical passageway is for the purpose of receivin the handle 6 whenthe casing r is droppe down into the casing y. The lower edge of thecasin 'y is cut away to receive the castis a trifle more than 90degrees, as shown in through the plate (1 and down into the opening 3,as shown in Fig. 2. The ticket that immediately follows the one that hasdropped from the lower end of the pile is so placed, by this rotation ofthe casing 1' through 90 degrees, that it cannot ass through the openingin the base-piece since its overlapping ends lie across the opening inthe base-plate, as clearl shown at e, Fig. 5. In order to discharge t 'sticket, the operator simply throws or moves the handle 6 back from itslast position through an arc of 90 degrees. This movement permits thisticket to fall and the succeeding ticket, which is at right angles tothe one that has just been discharged, stands with its overlapping edgesto the discharge opening. Movement of the handle 6 in the reversedirection of 90 degrees, allows this ticket to fall, so that it will beseen that every movement of the handle through an arc-of 90 degrees willdis charge a ticket and simultaneously close the circuit to theregistering device 12. After the last ticket has fallen into thepassageway 3, the follower weight it will dro into the opening (1 in thebase-plate, an thus effectually prevent the movement of the handle 6,and consequently the operationof the registering device.

What I claim, is

1. In a ticket delivering mechanism, a ticket-cage for receiving ticketsin vertical alinement and in overlapping positions at right angles toeach other, a casing for receiving the ticket ca e, means for lockingthe two together, an means for operating the same in union, asdescribed.

2. In a ticket delivering mechanism, a ticket cage, a casin to receivethe same, means for locking tl ie casing and cage together, means formoving the same in unison, a second look operatively located relative tothe first and operable to permit the cage to be separated from thecasing, as described.

3. In a ticket delivering mechanism, a receptacle for receiving thetickets in staggered relation, a casing for receiving said receptacle,means for maintaining the casing in a vertical position, said meanscomprising a cylindrical member carrying sprin arms, said arms beingprovided with ro ers at their upper ends, means for locking thereceptacle and easing together, means for operating the same for bringinthe receptacle so that the tickets can be ischarged at each movement ofsaid operating means as described.

4. In a ticket delivering mechanism, a receptacle for receiving thetickets in staggered relation, a casing for receiving said receptacle,means for maintaining the casing in a vertical position, said meanscomprising a cylindrical member carrying sprin arms, said arms beingprovided with ro ers at their upper ends, means for locking thereceptacle and casing together, means for operating the same forbringing the receptacle so that the tickets can be discharged at eachmovement of said 0 crating means, as described, means for locking therece tacle after the last ticket has been discharged.

SAMUEL P. THRASHER. Witnesses:

K. I. CLEMoNs, WM. H. OHAPIN.

